Chapter 1: Boy meets Girl
"Mother, I'm heading to the city to get some supplies and food, we're running low." Gohan yelled to his mother, "Alright Gohan, just make sure you take good care of yourself. AND DON'T GET INTO TROUBLE!" Gohan holds his ears and winces, yikes, can she ever yell.
Kakkarot walks into the living room and sees Gohan walking out the door "Gohan, don't forget, we got sparing schedule later today with Bardock and Raditz, don't be late." Gohan smiles and waves to his father. "I won't be."
The air on Vegeta was clean and refreshing, if a bit dusty from the numerous sandstorms on the numerous deserts scattered across the planet. Gohan and his family live in a forested region just a bit south from the capital city of Vegeta on planet Vegeta. (A/N what an original name J)
Gohan flew slowly to the city, savoring the feel of the wind caressing his face. Gohan knew he was different, but he didn't know why, just that he was. The rest of the saiyans on planet Vegeta loved battles and war, but he did not, or at least not to the extent the rest of them seemed to. The saiyans that were sent out on raiding missions always had huge grins on their faces as they were departing, as if fighting was the only reason they had to live, and the only reason they wanted.
The forest passed by swiftly beneath him and soon he was near the city limits. He slowed down a little, having been going slowly in the first place, and landed before the gates to the city.
The city itself was magnificent. A huge wall surrounded it, towering fifty feet into the air, with the wall being as thick as it was tall. The wall itself circled around the capital city, the reason for this is the huge dome, which served as a force shield to help repel ki blasts and artillery bombardment. Another property of the force shield is the ability to conceal all the power levels within the city, giving no hint to invading armies of what to expect. The gates to the city where huge made out of slabs of adamantium that retract into the walls to either side to allow visitors and citizens in and out of the city. The gates, being what they're made out of, were the strongest part of the entire defense.
The guard at the gate eyed Gohan up and down "State your identity and nature of visit, and reveal your card." Gohan gave the guard his identification card "Name is Gohan, son of Kakkarot, son of Bardock. I'm here to collect supplies and food for my family."
The guard swipes the card through the machine that lay nearby and reads what is shown on the screen. "Alright, you're cleared, head through, and don't start anything."
Gohan takes the card back from the guard and walks through the gate. Cyan colored lasers are constantly engaged across the gate. The lasers allow all to pass through that have the correct identification and genetic code. Those that don't are instantly killed.
When Gohan enters the city he pauses for a moment to look around and get his bearings. Buildings lay to either side of the street and saiyans can be seen flying to and from various places throughout the city. The bigger buildings in the capital city can be seen near the center of the city. The royal palace, the biggest building on planet Vegeta, lays sprawled out on a floating platform a hundred feet above the ground. The tallest spires and towers of the palace nearly reach the ceiling of the dome, which peaks at the center, almost three hundred feet above the ground.
The air in the capital city is stale compared to the air outside, most of it being recycled to prevent chance of the populous of the city being poisoned by the various forms of gaseous attacks that both sides use from time to time.
Gohan slowly flies towards the center of the city heading to the marketplace. Other aliens other then saiyans can be seen flying through the city from time to time, aliens that are currently allied with the saiyans in their war against their rebellious brethren.
As Gohan slowly flies to the marketplace he is hit from behind by another saiyan and into the street, "Ugh, what was that for?" Gohan asked as he picked himself off the ground.
"Oh, come on Gohan, you know what I want. If you just gave in, you wouldn't have to go through with this." A distinctly feminine voice replied behind him.
Gohan turned around and was face to face with a female saiyan, one of the saiyans he wished to see the least. Why me, why does she have to follow me? "You know I won't give in Alysa."
Alysa laches onto Gohan's arm and presses her breasts against his arm. "Oh you will, your saiyan instincts will give in one day Gohan, and you will be mine." She gives Gohan a sweet smile. "You won't get another female saiyan, ever. I've warned them all away. You will be mine, or you will be no ones." Alysa gives him an evil grin, a peck on the cheek and flies away.
Gohan sighs and continues flying towards the marketplace. I won't give into her, never, I refuse to become her mate. I know she's not for me, I can just feel it, it would doom me to be with her. Gohan, deep within thought, almost slams into a building. "Whoa… I have to watch where I'm going." he mutters to himself. Now, where am I? Oh yes, the slave market. This is close to the marketplace. Just before it if my memory serves me right.
Gohan looks around to figure out where he needs to go and catches a glimpse of a disturbance down below and quickly levitates down to see what is happening. Not very many other saiyans take notice of the disturbance. Obviously it's a daily occurrence to them, but to Gohan, it wasn't.
Gohan walks towards the center of the disturbance and after picking his way through the thin crowd he comes upon an odd sight. A human female slave is struggling against her captors.
Gohan shook his head. After arriving here, she should realize it's futile to resist, it'll only bring extra pain and misery on top of what is already going to be given. He couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"LET ME GO!!!" the human struggles against the saiyan kicking him in the side. He merely laughs and knees her in the stomach and gives her a backhand across the face. "Stupid slave, you should know better, stay down, grovel for food, and you might live a life other then to be someone's torture pet." The guard laughs and kicks her legs out from under her while beckoning the guards to let go.
As the female falls her gaze meets Gohan's and something passes between them. A sharing of something, something not quite tangible, something deeper than flesh and blood. It lasts only a second as the female slams into the hard ground.
The guard proceeds to kick her repeatedly in the ribs while laughing at her the entire time. Gohan turns around and walks away, dazed and confused and what passed between them. What was that? What did I feel? There is something different about her… Its to bad she's not a saiyan.
Gohan flies slowly towards the marketplace, still slightly dazed at the current turn of events. As Gohan reaches the marketplace he sets down on the ground and walks towards the various vendors and stores that he needs to visit to get the supplies and food his family needs. Saiyans, aliens and slaves alike fill the wide open place buying this and that for some purpose or another.
Gohan quickly buys all the stuff him and his family required, not liking being crowded by the other people. Gohan puts all the stuff into their respected capsules (A/N yes, there are capsules, there is capsule corporation, and yes Bulma is the head of it. It doesn't really fit in my opinion, but the capsules are to damn handy to leave out of the story. They won't be used to the extent they were in the series though.) and takes to the air quickly leaving the marketplace behind.
As he reaches near one of the city gates Gohan once again thinks of that female slave. Why can't I shake this feeling, I don't even know what it is. It's almost as if we've met before, but that's not possible. She's the first female human I have ever seen.
Gohan lands and approaches the south gate, going through the same routine as when he first entered. Apparently the saiyan guards are worried about people leaving almost as much as entering.
Once in the air and out of the city, Gohan feels better and breathes deeply. All of a sudden a massive rumbling can be heard. "Hehe, I guess I'm hungry. I better book it home quick." Focusing his ki into speed a white aura bursts around him and he heads home as fast as possible.
Nearing the clearing where his house lays, Gohan powers down and lands on the front lawn jogging towards the door. The house is a simple two story building with three bedrooms taking up the entire top floor. Stairs just to the left of the door head up to a single hallway that extends the length of the house with three doors: A room for the parents, one for Gohan, and another for Goten. The living room occupies half the bottom floor with a simple table in the center of the room with chairs and couches surrounding it. A few small tables filled with various odds and ends make up the rest of the room. A door in the right wall of the living room leads into the kitchen where Chichi spends all of her time cooking for the saiyans when she isn't training. Stepping into the house Gohan yells, "MOTHER! FATHER! I'M HOME WITH THE FOOD AND SUPPLIES!!"
Kakkarot walks into the room holding his ears, "You don't need to yell son. We can hear just fine." Kakkarot says, rubbing his hands through his hair, "Now, drop the supplies there on the table and head into the kitchen with the food and help your mother unload it."
Gohan went into the kitchen, taking the capsule containing the food, presses the button on it and throws it on the table. Instantly the table is filled with food and Gohan quickly helps his mother put the food away.
Gohan looks around and realizes someone's missing, "Mother, where's Goten? I haven't seen him at all today. He's usually jumping all over me, and with the food here, he should have been all over that as well." Chichi looks up from what she was doing and looks at Gohan, "He's out playing with Trunks, sparing would be a more appropriate word." Chichi lets out a sigh, "I swear, I never see him anymore except at meal times. He's always out with Trunks sparing or playing tricks on other saiyans."
Gohan nods and walks into the living room and sits down. Just then Kakkarot runs in from outside slightly panicked, "Hey Gohan, have you heard the latest?" Gohan just shakes his head, curious at what his father has to say. "The rebel saiyans have destroyed one of our outposts and sacked an allied world. This has never happened before, we've usually had warning before they attacked so we could prepare defenses, but this time the attack came without warning, and simultaneously. The world is now occupied and the moon where our outpost was is DESTROYED!"
Gohan looks at Kakkarot with a slightly shocked expression on his face. How can this be possible? Do they have a new weapon? If they can do it to one world, they can do it to another… Gohan looks at his father, "Father, do you know what king Vegeta is doing about it? Your one of the elites, both you and Bardock."
Kakkarot peers steadily at his son, "He's planning on striking back. He's sending half his forces on this planet and is planning on attacking the main supply planet for the rebels. He's not even going to occupy it. He's going in, killing everyone and everything. Taking all the supplies, and destroying the planet." Kakkarot sighs, "I don't think this is a good idea. The rebels have been known to destroy planets, we have always taken over, and let them live if they served us. If it is known that this may change, well some of our allies may lose faith in our cause." Kakkarot sighs again, "This also leaves our home planet severely weakened. If they were to assault the planet when half of our forces are gone… We may end up losing this war. King Vegeta refuses to believe these things, saying that it is worth the risk."
Gohan stares at his father in shock, "When are the forces leaving?"
"In two weeks. It will take that long to gather the forces together and plan the strategy of taking the planet. Its one of their most heavily defended positions. With it taking a week to get there and a week back… well we'll be gone for over a month. Anything could happen." Kakkarot walks to the couch and lies down. He puts a hand behind his head and stares at the ceiling, "I have a bad feeling about this."
Gohan stands up, "I'm coming as well. I will be a big help on this mission."
Kakkarot looks over at his son, "I'm sorry, but it's been decided that you're to stay. You're strong, very strong, almost strong enough to be an elite, and that's impressive at your age. And that's the reason why you're staying. We'll be taking most of our strongest warriors with us. But we're leaving some behind incase they do attack while we are gone. That's the only decision king Vegeta has made that I have agreed with. He at least will acknowledge that there is some possibility of an attack while we are gone, and if there is he wants at least some warriors to stay home to fight them off."
Kakkarot sighs once more and two massive rumblings can be heard throughout the room. Kakkarot and Gohan both put their hands behind their heads and give their famous grin. "Hehe, I'm hungry, how long do you think until mother is finished with lunch?"
Just then a piercing voice can be heard, "GOHAN! KAKKAROT! GOTEN! LUNCH IS READY!!!" Holding their hands over their nearly bleeding ears, Gohan and his father race to the kitchen. They rush in and sit down gazing hungrily over the mounds of food piled on the table. A second later a little blue and black ball flashes by them and Goten appears in his chair reaching for the food. Chichi looks at them all sitting and smiles, "Alright you three, dig in." Chichi jumps into her chair and starts throwing food down her throat just as fast as the other three saiyans, but with a little more care.
Once the meal was over the four saiyans lean back and rub their bellies in contentment, "Alright you three, help me clean up." Chichi says to her sons and mate, "AND I MEAN NOW!" The three saiyans jump up, quick to comply as Chichi creates a frying pan made out of ki with electricity running up and down it for extra power.
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Three hours later Bardock and Radditz appear. "Kakkarot, get your son out here and let's spar. I want to see how much stronger you two have gotten since the last time we fought." Bardock yells at the house as they land in front of it.
Gohan and Kakkarot appear at the front door and walk out. "Hello father, lets head a little ways away from here, I don't want Chichi hitting me with that death pan of hers should we break anything in or on the house."
Bardock winces and nods in agreement, remembering his one and only encounter with that pan. He was careful never to do anything that would warrant such an attack again.
The four of them flew south for ten minutes and found a place where it was safe to spar. Mountains towered just to the south, and a deep wide canyon gaped just before it making crossing it by any way other then flying impossible. Forest dotted the bottom parts of the mountain and a huge forest lay about on either side of the canyon.
Kakkarot looks up at Bardock and Radditz, a dead serious look crosses his face as he gets into his fight stance, "Well guys, lets dance."
To be continued…
A/N I know Goten and Gohan and Trunks are weird names for saiyans, but I really don't care. It's to help identify who's who. I bet you can all figure out who that slave girl is J.
Well stay tuned until next chapter.